president obama announcing new sanctions against russia. they will target specific companies and individuals. we have had some of this before. this will go a little further according to the administration. chief correspondent ed henry is in the philippines. critics are saying these sanctions don't have the teeth they think are required. tell us about the reaction. reporter: that's right. these targets, seven russian government officials, 17 russian companies that have ties to vladimir putin. so-called cronies of the russian president. a news conference here today, president obama said these sanctions do not target putin personally, necessarily, but that the goal instead is to change putin's calculus there on the ground in ukraine. but as you noted, republican critics like bob corker saying the president has been doubling here, and it may simply be too late to force putin's hand. >> what i fear is all we're doing is tweaking, folks. i am very concerned what we've seen from the administration on so many tough issues their policies are always